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THE SHIP-DWELLERS

A Story of a Happy Cruise

by

ALBERT BIGELOW PAINE

Author of "From Van-Dweller to Commuter" "The Tent-Dwellers" Etc.

With Illustrations from Drawings by Thomas Fogarty and from Photographs

Harper & Brothers Publishers New York and London MCMX

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BOOKS BY ALBERT BIGELOW PAINE

THE SHIP-DWELLERS. Illustrated. 8vo _net_ $1.50
THE TENT-DWELLERS. Illustrated. Post 8vo 1.50
THE HOLLOW TREE AND DEEP WOODS BOOK. Illustrated. Post 8vo 1.50
FROM VAN-DWELLER TO COMMUTER. Ill'd. Post 8vo 1.50
LIFE OF THOMAS NAST. Ill'd. 8vo _net_ 5.00

HARPER & BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS, N. Y.

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Copyright, 1910, by HARPER & BROTHERS

TO MARK TWAIN HERO OF MY CHILDHOOD INSPIRATION OF MY YOUTH FRIEND OF THESE LATER YEARS

CONTENTS

CHAP. PAGE
I THE BOOK, AND THE DREAM 1
II IN THE TRACK OF THE INNOCENTS 9
III DAYS AT SEA 16
IV WE BECOME HISTORY 23
V INTRODUCING THE REPROBATES 26
VI A LAND OF HEART'S DESIRE 29
VII A DAY TO OURSELVES 41
VIII OUT OF THE SUNRISE 46
IX EARLY MEDITERRANEAN EXPERIENCES 57
X THE DIVERTING STORY OF ALGIERS 62
XI WE ENTER THE ORIENT 68
XII WE TOUCH AT GENOA 86
XIII MALTA, A LAND OF YESTERDAY 95
XIV A SUNDAY AT SEA 113
XV A PORT OF MISSING DREAMS 118
XVI ATHENS THAT IS 139
XVII INTO THE DARDANELLES 146
XVIII A CITY OF ILLUSION 150
XIX THE TURK AND SOME OF HIS PHASES 158
XX ABDUL HAMID GOES TO PRAYER 172
XXI LOOKING DOWN ON YILDIZ 182
XXII EPHESUS: THE CITY THAT WAS 191
XXIII INTO SYRIA 208
XXIV THE HOUSE THAT CAIN BUILT 214
XXV GOING DOWN TO DAMASCUS 222
XXVI THE "PEARL OF THE EAST" 226
XXVII FOOTPRINTS OF PAUL 239
XXVIII DISCONTENTED PILGRIMS 247
XXIX DAMASCUS, THE GARDEN BEAUTIFUL 255
XXX WHERE PILGRIMS GATHER IN 263
XXXI THE HOLY CITY 274
XXXII THE HOLY SEPULCHRE 278
XXXIII TWO HOLY MOUNTAINS 288
XXXIV THE LITTLE TOWN OF THE MANGER 297
XXXV THE SORROW OF THE CHOSEN--THE WAY OF THE CROSS 301
XXXVI AT THE MOUTH OF THE NILE 309
XXXVII THE SMILE OF THE SPHINX 315
XXXVIII WAYS THAT ARE EGYPTIAN 322
XXXIX WHERE HISTORY BEGAN 328
XL KARNAK AND LUXOR 335
XLI THE STILL VALLEY OF THE KINGS 346
XLII THE HIGHWAY OF EGYPT 359
XLIII OTHER WAYS THAT ARE EGYPTIAN 370
XLIV SAKKARA AND THE SACRED BULLS 377
XLV A VISIT WITH RAMESES II 382
XLVI THE LONG WAY HOME 391

ILLUSTRATIONS

WE CHANGED OUR MINDS ABOUT BEING WILLING TO SAIL PAST _Frontispiece_
TO ME IT WAS ALL TRUE, ALL ROMANCE--ALL POETRY 3
SOMEBODY SENT ME A BASKET OF FRUIT 13
THEY ARE AN ATTRACTIVE LOT--THE REPROBATES 17
GAVE HIM THE "ICY MITT" 21
THEY COULD DIVE LIKE SEALS 33
TWO MEN TAKE YOU IN HAND, AND AWAY YOU GO 38
DID A SORT OF FANDAROLE 41
THEN IT DAWNED UPON THE DIPLOMAT 43
BUT NOW GIBRALTAR, THE CROUCHING LION OF TRAFALGAR, HAD RISEN
FROM THE SEA 49
WE COULD HAVE LISTENED ALL NIGHT TO BENUNES 53
"THAT IS THE KASBA" 66
ONE DOES NOT HURRY THE ORIENT--ONE WAITS ON IT 68
MARVELLOUS BASKETS AND QUEER THINGS 72
WE DID NOT CARE MUCH FOR PARKS 74
ETERNALLY EAST WITH NO HINT OF THE OUTSIDE WORLD 76
TWO BENT, WRINKLED WOMEN WEAVING LACE OUTSIDE THE DOOR 109
WE LOOKED ACROSS THE ENTRANCE AND THERE ROSE THE ACROPOLIS,
HIGH AGAINST THE BLUE 122
HE WOULD SWING HIS ARMS AND BEGIN, "YOU SEE--!" THE REST
REQUIRED A MIND-READER 124
I WOULD HAVE APPLIED FOR THE POSITION IN THE CHORUS MYSELF 129
TOOK TURNS ADDRESSING THE MULTITUDE 131
ONE'S AGE, STATED ON OATH, GOES WITH A PASSPORT 148
KEYEFF 150
I WANTED TO CARRY AWAY ONE OF THOSE TOMBSTONES 189
ALL THE PLAINS AND SLOPES OF THE OLD CITY, WITH ITS WHITE
FRAGMENTS AND POOR RUINED HARBOR, LAY AT OUR FEET 198
FROM THE TIME OF ADAM, BAALBEC BECAME A PLACE OF ALTARS 216
SO THE PATRIARCHS JOURNEYED; SO, TWO THOUSAND YEARS LATER,
JOSEPH AND MARY TRAVELLED INTO EGYPT 225
URGING US TO PARTAKE OF THE PRECIOUS STUFF, WITHOUT STINT 243
ASKED HIM IF HE WOULDN'T EXECUTE A LITTLE COMMISSION FOR ME
IN THE BAZAARS 249
THE PATRIARCH KNEW ALL ABOUT JAFFA 264
JERUSALEM--ITS BUBBLE-ROOFED HOUSES AND DOMES, ITS CYPRESS
AND OLIVE TREES 294
A CAMEL TRAIN LED THE WAY THROUGH THE GATES 300
THE DEPTH OF THEIR FALL 302
THE WAY OF THE CROSS 304
THE TRUE GOLGOTHA--THE PLACE OF THE SKULL 306
A VAST INDIFFERENCE TO ALL PUNY THINGS 318
SANCTUARY IN KARNAK 332
GADDIS 332
I MADE A PICTURE OF THE FLY-BRUSH BRIGADE 338
ITS MAGNIFICENT PYLONS OR ENTRANCE WALLS ... AND THEN ONCE
MORE WE WERE ON THE DONKEYS 340
THE TEMPLE OF LUXOR ... ONCE MORE REFLECTING ITS COLUMNS IN
THE NILE 342
THINK OF WATERING A WHOLE WHEAT-FIELD WITH A WELL-SWEEP AND
A PAIL 360
GOT IT MADE CHEAP SOMEWHERE, WITH HER PICTURE CARVED ON THE
FRONT OF IT 386
SET OUT ON THE LONG, STEADY, ATLANTIC SWING 392

THE SHIP-DWELLERS

"The grand object of all travel is to see the shores of the
Mediterranean."

--DR. SAMUEL JOHNSON.